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| Monday, 21 January 2002 |
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Briton tries mid-air suicide, plane lands in Turkey ANKARA, Sunday (AFP) A British man slashed his throat in a mid-flight suicide bid Sunday, forcing a SriLankan Airlines plane to make an emergency landing in Turkey, the Anatolia news agency said. The flight was en route from Colombo to London when 49-year-old William Bernard Gates was found in a pool of blood in one of the airplane's lavatories, where he had apparently cut his throat with a piece of broken mirror. Gates, reported to suffer from chronic liver disease, was given emergency treatment by a doctor on board, who stitched up his throat with the help of the crew, Anatolia said. The plane made an emergency landing in Istanbul, where Gates was immediately taken to a local hospital. Doctors quoted by Anatolia said the man was in good condition despite losing a lot of blood and that his self-inflicted wound was not deep. The plane later departed for London with the remaining passengers. |
 
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